1. My waiting has been long, O stubborn beauty
And dwelled in anxious sighs and melancholy

2. Sleep evades me like the restless, desperate man
My soul and heart ache with this agony

3. When her suitor came to take her from among
Her uncles and elders surrounding her fully

4. The day she went, the winds blew feeling my pain
Do not go far, O fair daughter of Wurqa

5. If you're at war with them, then look my way
With eyes sincere, not fickle or disloyal

6. How lovely the day she appeared before me
With downcast eyes, pretending to be annoyed

7. As if robed in a garden of yellow and green